Baba and Karim.

There is no hiding place for Jammeh et al on this planet and at the end of
the day he has to face the crimes he committed in a court of law. The world
is watching him.

Respect

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:04 AM, abdoukarim sanneh <
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> Faye
> Thanks for sharing. Jammeh's administration think the case over. Ghaniaian
> will not rest, 15 years of Jammeh's rule is stained a documented accounts of
> extrajudicial killings.
>
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> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:19:30 +0200
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Government says "Gambia killings" not over
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>   Government says "Gambia killings" not over
> August 22, 2009
>
> Accra, Aug. 22, GNA - Vice President John Mahama has expressed reservations
> about portions of a report on the chilling death of Ghanaians in the Gambia
> assuring that all was not over in government's pursuit to seek justice for
> the victims and their families.
>
>
>
> "As far as government is concerned, the matter is not closed. We will use
> all the legitimate means and the available diplomatic forum to ensure that
> justice is done and is manifestly seen to be done," he said.
>
>
>
> Interacting with the leadership of the Network of Human Rights
> Organisations, an amalgamation of human right advocates at the Castle, Osu
> on Friday, Vice President Mahama assured them that the issue would not be
> put to rest until the remaining gray areas were investigated and determined.
>
>
>
> Some members of various human rights groups were at the Castle to express
> their indignation about the joint United Nations and ECOWAS Commission fact
> finding report into the circumstances surrounding the alleged deaths and to
> demand that the Gambian authorities were made to punish the security
> officers said to be responsible for the heinous conduct.
>
>
>
> The network also wanted the Mills' administration to exercise some
> influence on their Gambian counterpart so as to make the leadership of that
> country refrain from human rights infractions and persistent cases of "acts
> of impunity".
>
>
>
> The network, which comprises the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA),
> the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), the Ghanaian chapter of
> Amnesty International, and Africa Legal Aid, also enjoined the support of
> government in their advocacy for respect for human rights in that country.
>
>
>
> Responding, Vice President admitted that government was not fully satisfied
> with the report, as did the generality of Ghanaians, calling for further
> probe into the outstanding issues as they might provide clues that might
> lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators.
>
>
>
> One of the areas that could be opened up for further investigation is the
> fact that individuals who took the victims to that country were yet to be
> interrogated.
>
>
>
> Vice President said the completion of further investigations could
> determine whether government would exercise the option of seeking
> reparations for the affected families or otherwise.
>
>
>
> Commenting on the network's claim of a growing culture of state-instigated
> acts of lawlessness in the Gambia, Vice President agreed to the need to flag
> the issues for action to be taken since remaining mute could invariably come
> and haunt the entire sub-region.
>
>
>
> He said Ghana had an obligation to help resolve any strife that might erupt
> in sister African nations and therefore it was not out of place to express
> concern when things were perceived to be going out of hand in that country.
>
>
>
> Mr Akoto Ampaw, a legal practitioner underscored the need for the
> government to show more commitment in pursuing the incidence of abuse in the
> sub-region and to ensure that perpetrators were made to account of their
> deeds.
>
>
>
> This, he opined, could be done within the framework of ECOWAS to hold the
> Gambian authorities accountable for all such deviations so as to prevent a
> possible a spill-over effect on peace and security in the sub-region.
>
>
>
> Mr Ampaw said the Gambian government should be held liable accountable for
> the deaths of the Ghanaians in question.
>
>
>
> He also wanted the Ghanaian government to open a dialogue with the families
> of the victims on outstanding issues such as the payment of compensations.
>
>
>
> Professor Kwame Karikari, Executive Director of MFWA, said Ghana must
> provide leadership with regard to good governance and reverence for human
> rights in the sub-region within the context of Pan-Africanism.
>
>
>
> A Legal Officer with the CHRI, Nana Oye Lithur, corroborated the views of
> Professor Karikari and urged the Ghanaian government to come out and
> strongly condemn prevailing acts of impunity in the Gambia.
>
>
>
> It would be recalled that 44 Ghanaians and nine other nations were
> allegedly killed in the Gambian on July 23, 2007, culminating in a national
> furore over the treatment of Ghanaians in a sister West African country.
>
>
>
> This generated into a diplomatic spat between the two countries and the
> ECOWAS Commission intervened with the setting up of a joint UN/ECOWAS
> Commission fact finding mission.
>
>
>
> The resultant report noted that the Gambian government was not directly or
> otherwise responsible for the deaths and disappearances of the Ghanaians.
>
>
>
> Albeit, it accepted that some contributions be made to the families of the
> deceased in line with African traditional values.
>
>
>
> The Ghanaian government subsequently signed of a Memorandum of
> Understanding with their Gambian counterparts during a ministerial meeting
> on the issue in Libyan city of Sirte on July 2, 2009.
>
> GNA
>
>
>
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